Ewa Dabydoyal, Mobilisations and Projects Manager
I joined Portico in 2013 as Team Leader at PwC to mobilise their newly refurbished Head Office. After expressing my interest in progression, an opportunity to gain my dream executive MBA became true. In 2020 I attended Cranfield University along with my day-to-day role. My MBA gave me a great understanding of business units and language.
In 2022 I was promoted to Mobilisations and Project Manager to support our new clients, teams and projects. 10 years counting and I still thoroughly enjoy working at Portico.
Jose Saez, Portico Safe Operations Manager
I joined Portico in June 2021 to spearhead the development of Portico SAFE, our hybrid offer of front-of-house and security services. I have very much enjoyed evolving the L&D programme and resources, which aims to build on our colleagues’ natural people skills with core security training. After becoming Operations Manager in 2021, I managed multiple front-of-house and security contracts for corporate and residential clients.
Lauren Devins, Active Commuter Park and Lobby Manager
I started my career with Portico in 2016, appointed as the Team Leader for a team of five at Shearman and Sterling. This was a new role, and I had the chance to make it my own. With a fantastic mentor as a manager, I soon completed a succession plan, which meant when the time came and my manager moved on, I was ready to step into her shoes.
In 2020, Portico won a new business at 22 Bishopsgate: a brand-new team in a brand-new building! This was the opportunity of a lifetime. We mobilised the contract and helped our clients every step of the way. I went on to have a baby and with the support of our great Operations Managers and Directors, I have returned to work and I couldn’t feel more at home!
Cosmin Tesu, Team Leader at Sky Garden
I began working for Portico as a Receptionist and Welcome Host at Santander in November 2021. My determination to create excellent service moments for everyone, led to my promotion to Business Centre Manager less than a year later.
The extra responsibilities I have been given in this role have expanded my core skill set in the guest services sector. Both my colleagues and managers have been so supportive in helping me to grow and progress. From my interview to now, my admiration of Portico has only grown, and I am extremely excited about the possibilities that await the rest of my journey.
Levi Powers, Assistant Reception Services Manager
I joined Portico in 2018 as a Team Leader at Deutsche Bank. Six months later, with the support of my line manager, I progressed into a supervisor position with greater responsibilities and a larger team. I grew massively over the 3 years in this role, focusing on personal development and of my own team. Having great managers that really want to see you succeed led me to where I am now as an Assistant Manager.
There are so many opportunities at Portico: mentoring, cross-training at other sites and an amazing L&D team with different development pathways to suit different needs and ambitions. We love to see you succeed so use the resources you have around you, apply yourself and set yourself goals. You can be whatever you want to be at Portico.
Alex Avila, Reception Manager
I started at Forsters seven years ago as a receptionist. After two years of learning about the company and its clients, I was promoted to Senior Receptionist. Here I continued to be a big part of the team, supporting both new joiners and management. After this, I decided I wanted to progress within the company.
With my managers support and a few applications, I finally landed my current role of Reception Manager, managing a team of three receptionists and two floor host team members at ISG. As I always say: the sky is the limit, and if you have the drive and motivation, your manager will support your development within Portico.
Elif Allan, Front-of-House Team Leader
My Portico journey started in 2018 with Santander’s head office. Four years (and one baby) later I wanted to start developing my Portico career.I interviewed for a management role at Freshfields and instantly I felt it was the right fit with a wonderful team around me and a fantastic client. Portico want to see every individual flourish. I love that!
The advice I would offer any new Portico person is: ask yourself where you would like to be in the future and then take advantage of the huge number of learning and development courses available to help you get there. We love promoting from within! Set your career goals and go for it!
